Well, there's the issue. Stop looking at trending. I never even think about it until someone complains about it.
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Well, there's the issue. Stop looking at trending. I never even think about it until someone complains about it.
But, the vast majority of pieces never get seen, especially if you're new, with not much audience, unless they reach that category.
I interpret what you're saying, "You'll never be seen unless you reach trending."
If that's what you're saying, you're dead wrong. Trending is never a requirement to be seen. It's just a distraction. Ignore it.
Pardon me for saying so, but I dare you to start a brand new account, with the SP being allotted, without upvoting yourself from this one, or announcing who you are, and get a $100 payout in less than three months. We are getting 250k posts per day. Getting seen is a problem, and IMO vote selling is part of it. You've been here since I got here, do you really think it's the same? And, without adding outside investment,or buying votes.
Way to move the goal post.
Um, everything he just mentioned here, he wrote in the OP, no moved goal posts, this is the reality, you're the one claiming its easier now. It is for you, because you have an established audience. but, trust me, as having done really well, here, then needing to take some time away and power down to not quite starting from scratch, but close, it's nowhere near as simple as it was a year ago. Your making unsupportable blanket statements. The SP they start with is barely enough to do two or three small posts, or do ten votes, but not both, and then they have zero left to engage an audience with. It's much harder, plus, the SP they start with is a loan, not a grant like we had. Sorry inertia, you're wrong. Not saying it can't be done, but the path is not as clear as it was.
The way I understand it, I am being challenged to start a new anonymous account and post great content for three months to see if I can reach a $100, and if I can't, this is somehow proof that the platform cannot survive.
Sorry, but rhetorically speaking, that's moving the goal post.
Well, unless I'm mistaken, he said that in response to the idea you expressed, categorically, that it was easier now. Your wrong. I think that experiment would prove it to you.
You're averaging $34 a post, most of these people haven't seen that much in their first month of posting combined, face strict bandwidth limits you and I did not have when we started. All he's suggesting, if you read it, is that more people should actually upvote content they've read, instead of just renting out their votes.
Restarting your account now , Has no merit on what a noob can do, You already know the places to go to get decent votes on your blogs, you know the whales to follow to get a higher return for votes,, so an experienced user re starting from scratch bears no value to the efforts a noob may have to put in
Well, they would still find out it's a lot harder and might be more apt to help out. No, it's not a direct comparison, but trust me, a year ago, this was a different game entirely.